Bill Text: NJ A4207 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.*

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-6)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-11 - Passed by the Assembly (75-0-0) [A4207 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4207-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4207

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 23, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  PAMELA R. LAMPITT

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Assemblyman  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblyman  GORDON M. JOHNSON

District 37 (Bergen)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Giblin, Wimberly and Assemblywoman Spencer

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Women and Children Committee on March 19, 2015, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning the health of students and supplementing chapter 40 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  A student enrolled in a school district who sustains a concussion shall receive an evaluation by a ¹[physician trained in the evaluation and management of concussions] licensed health care professional¹ and written clearance from the ¹[physician] licensed health care professional¹ to return to school.  In the event that the ¹[physician] licensed health care professional¹ provides notice that the student requires ¹[accommodations for learning] restrictions or limitations¹, the school district ¹504 team as defined in N.J.A.C.6A:8-1.3¹ shall immediately implement the ¹[accommodations] restrictions or limitations¹ and shall notify all teachers and staff who have contact with students of the ¹[accommodations] restrictions or limitiations¹.  The  school district's ¹[child study] 504¹ team shall promptly ¹[evaluate the student in order to]¹ identify the manner in which the ¹[accommodations] restrictions or limitations¹ will be provided to the student during recovery and the need for the continuation or adjustment of the ¹[accommodations] restrictions or limitations¹, and to determine the duration of the ¹[accommodations] restrictions or limitations¹.

     b.    A student enrolled in a school district who sustains a concussion is prohibited from engaging in any physical activity at school including, but not limited to, recess¹[,] or¹ physical education¹[, sports, or cheerleading]¹, and shall not participate in any physical activity at school until ¹[he] the student¹ is evaluated by a ¹[physician trained in the evaluation and management of concussions] licensed health care professional¹ and receives written clearance from the ¹[physician] licensed health care professional¹ to participate in physical activity.

     ¹c.  As used in this section, "licensed health care professional" means a health care provider whose scope of practice includes the ability to diagnose and treat concussion.¹

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.